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227254

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Technology: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices were doing their apprenticeships in technology companies in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by sector subject area and framework is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release (SFR) in the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:32:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227303

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Brain Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of a ketogenic diet in treating brain cancer patients.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2015 14:15:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227282

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the proportion of students who left school having had practical work experience in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Schools are not required to provide information about pre-16 work experience and therefore we do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:16:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227251

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education understands that the cost of childcare can be a concern for many parents. In order to help support parents, the Department has increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided funding for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds, and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three- and four-year-olds is worth £2,500 per child, per year to parents. This gives an additional £425 per child, per year, when compared to funding prior to the last election. The funding for approximately 40% of two-year-olds is also worth £2,500 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is introducing Tax-Free Childcare, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit from up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For working parents on lower incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs. This could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department has taken action to give more choice to parents by creating child minder agencies and supporting schools to open nurseries and offer provision from 8am to 6pm. The Department is also introducing shared parental leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227255

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Intellectual Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office as an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills leads on intellectual property issues. The Intellectual Property Office offers a comprehensive range of guidance, self help tools and educational seminars which bring clarity to existing regulations for businesses and consumers in the UK and overseas. Full details are available on gov.uk. Where the Intellectual Property Office receives feedback or evidence that regulations require clarification, it will consider this and set out an appropriate plan for action. We have no immediate plan for new regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227287

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to enable people with local business expertise to enhance teaching in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The government wants to see more schools and employers working together to help open young people’s eyes to the world of work. We have funded a new, independent careers and enterprise company to help businesses and schools to engage with each other more easily so that young people get the inspiration and guidance they need to leave school or college ready to succeed in working life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Business people also have an important role to play in school governance, bringing a range of transferable skills to help governing bodies carry out their demanding strategic functions. In May 2014 we launched the Inspiring Governors Alliance to bring together all organisations with a role to play in increasing both demand for and supply of high quality governors, particularly from the world of work. We have awarded £1m of funding in 2015-16 to embed a strategic partnership between SGOSS, Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers’ Taskforce at the heart of the alliance to engage employers and help schools find the high quality governors they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:14:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227250

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Technology: New Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new technology businesses have been registered in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/03/2015 12:32:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 227507 ONS 106.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Technology Businesses
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227330

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what guidance she issues to Departments in respect of their providing full answers to questions for written answer, particularly when failure to answer has been followed up.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	uin	HL5717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. All Ministers are accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p> </p><p>To inform Ministers in answering questions put to them, the Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, the longstanding rules of this House on Questions for Written Answer (rules that the House reaffirmed in agreeing to the Procedure Committee’s 5<sup>th</sup> Report of the 2014-15 Session) set out that all answers should be complete and comprehensible.</p><p> </p><p>If any member has particular concerns about a response that they have received that they consider does not adhere to these rules, I would encourage them to raise it with me directly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5810 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:45:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

227258

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Complete information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 20/03/2015 14:02:43 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227313

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amount her Department and its agency spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of DFID’s total spent on centrally commissioned research (via DFID’s Research and Evidence Division) over financial years 2009 to 2014 can be found on the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID’s Total Gross Spend</p></td><td><p>DFID’s Total Spend on Centrally Commissioned Research</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Centrally Commissioned Research as % of Total DFID Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£6.63b</p></td><td><p>£177m</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£7.69b</p></td><td><p>£203m</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£7.68b</p></td><td><p>£222m</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£7.67b</p></td><td><p>£230m</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£10.06b</p></td><td><p>£305m</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 20/03/2015 14:40:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna